The
competition course has not been certified in accordance with USA Swimming Rules and Regulations Article 104.2.2(C)

Schedule:

Session

Warm-up

Events

Saturday
Sunday

1:00pm
1:00pm

1:45pm
1:45pm

Eligibility:

Meet
open to all Potomac Valley Swimming registered athletes age 10 years old and
older.

Qualifying Time:

1500M
Freestyle -- Minimum
provable time to enter the 1500M Freestyle is 25:00.00 in either 1500M or
1650Y Freestyle. Athletes wishing to enter the 1500 Freestyle who do
not have a provable 1650Y / 1500 M Free time under 25:00.00 must have a
provable 800M / 1000Y time of 15:00.00 or faster. These athletes will
be entered into the 1500M Freestyle with their 800M / 1000Y time and will be
seeded after all 1500M/1650Y entry times have been seeded. After times
are verified, all SCY times will be converted for seeding purposes.

If entering an
athlete into the 1500M Freestyle with a 800 M / 1000Y time, enter your
swimmer based on actual time and actual course swum -- do not convert.
Please mark swimmer entering with 800M / 1000Y times as exhibition.

800M
Freestyle -- Minimum
provable time to enter the 800M Freestyle is 15:00.00 in either 800M or 1000Y freestyle. Athletes wishing to
enter the 800 Freestyle who do not have a provable 1000Y / 800 M Free time
under 15:00.00 must have a provable 400M / 500Y time of 7:20.00 or
faster. These athletes will be entered into the 800M Freestyle with
their 400M / 500Y time and will be seeded after all 800M/1000Y entry times have been seeded. After times are
verified, all SCY times will be converted for seeding purposes.

If entering an
athlete into the 800M Freestyle with a 400M / 500Y time, enter your swimmer
based on actual time showing course swum -- do not convert. Please mark
swimmers entering with 400M / 500Y times as exhibition. If the entry
time into 800M is an intermediate split from a 1650Y or 1500M freestyle
please indicate meet swum so intermediate time can be verified.

All
swimmers will be eligible for awards regardless of entry time used.

Coaches who
have swimmers who they believe can complete the events(s) faster than the
QT's, but who do not satisfy the entry rule, may petition the PVS Distance
Coordinator, Bill Marlin, at coach_bill@verizon.net,
for an exception. The petition should provide specific evidence why
they believe the swimmer can complete the event within the QT. All
petitions must be submitted prior to the entry deadline.

For
the 400 Meter IM and the 400 Meter Freestyle, no minimum time is necessary.†
Swimmers must be aged 10 years old or older, however.† The number of heats
for the 400 IM and the 400 Freestyle may be limited due to the number of
entries.† Meet Director reserves the right to limit the number of heats based
on the timeline.† These events will be positive check in, deck seeded, swum
fastest to slowest, alternating womenís and menís heats.

There
will be a 15 Minute Break after the last heat of distance on each day to warm
up for the 400 IM & 400 Free.† Warm Up will be no earlier than 3:00pm on
each day, but may be later based on timelines.

Warnings:

Any club that
enters an unregistered or improperly registered athlete, falsifies an entry
in any way, or permits an unregistered coach to represent them, will be fined
the sum of $100.00 per occurrence and no further entries will be accepted
from that club until the said fine has been paid.

Entry fees
are due with meet entry. Unpaid fees will be reported to the PVS
Administrative Office at the conclusion of the meet.

Rules:

The
competition will be conducted in accordance with current USA Swimming rules.

No on-deck
USA-S registrations will be permitted.

Swimsuit
Rules:

Effective May
15, 2009: For 12 & Under swimmers, swimsuits worn in all 12 and Under
Age Group defined competition or Open or non-designated competition that
includes either scoring or awards by age, shall not cover the neck, extend
past the shoulder, nor past the knee. Violators will be barred from competition
until the swimmerís swimsuit meets the requirements of this paragraph.

A second suit, including drag
suit, cannot be worn during competition. Additional informtion on details of
this rule change, which became effective in March 2009, can be found on the
PVS homepage.

Inclusion
Policy for Swimmers with a Disability

PVS
and host clubs along with their Meet Directors are committed to the Inclusion Policy as adopted by the
BOD . Athletes with a disability are welcomed and are asked to provide
advance notice of desired accommodations to the Meet Director and PVS Senior
Chairman (Riley Eaton at jreaton@verizon.net).
The athlete (or the athleteís coach) is also responsible for notifying the
session referee of any disability prior to the competition.

Order
of Swims:

The
meet will be seeded and swum according to submitted entry times regardless of
age. Heats will be swum fastest to slowest, alternating Women and Men.
Expected swim times, and check in requirements will be posted to the PVS Web
Page at www.pvswim.org no later than
Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

Warm-up:

The
prescribed Potomac Valley Swimming warm-up procedures and safety policies
will be followed. The meet director may determine the structure of the
warm-up, including times and lane assignments. The Meet Director will
determine after meet entries are received the arrangements for
warm-up/warm-down during the meet. This information will be posted to the
website.. Persons will be assigned to monitor these areas. If at any time
conditions become unsafe, the area will be closed for the remainder of the
session.

Awards

Medals
will be awarded to sixth place separately in the following age groups: 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 and Over.

Officials:

All
certified officials wishing to volunteer to work this meet please contact the
CUBU Officials Chairman, Art Davis at emerand@comcast.netprior to June 9. Please include your club affiliation, certifications
held and sessions you wish to work. Officials volunteering should sign in at
the recording table prior to the start of Warm-ups. Certified officials who
have not previously advised of their availability may volunteer their
services to the Referee at this time.

Timers:

Each
swimmer must provide their own timer; counters are optional.

Supervision:

Coaches
are responsible for the conduct of their swimmers and for cleaning up their
team areas.

Fees:

All
entries are $5.00.

Admissions/
Programs:

A
complimentary copy of the Psych sheet will be provided to coaches and working
officials.

Meet
Entry Procedures:

General
Instructions:

Entries
should be submitted using Hy-Tek Team Manager
via e-mail. Include in the e-mail subject heading
"2009 PVS LC Distance - ****" with the club's initials
substituted in place of the asterisks. Also include training site if your
club submits multiple entries and number of timers being committed.

Two
Team Manager meet entry reports (saved in Word) must also be sent:
(1) by swimmer and (2) Proof of Time.

In
body of e-mail give total number of splashes (men, women, total entry)
and contact information (name, phone, e-mail address)

Meet
Directors are requested to acknowledge receipt by return e-mail within
24 hours. Clubs submitting entries that do NOT receive an
acknowledgement should contact the Meet Director by other than e-mail to
confirm receipt.

Each club is requested to remit one check via
USPS to cover the entry fees for the entire team. Please put the club name
on the entry check (if not a club check) and note the number of entries.
Please do not send cash. Meet directors have been instructed not to accept
telephone or fax entries.

Entries
not submitted on the required forms, not complete, not legible or not
in the required electronic format, will not be accepted and will be
returned. The Meet Director will not be held responsible if there is no
time to properly resubmit the entry.

Individual
or unattached entries will only be accepted by manual entry sent to the
address listed below.

Manual
Entries:

Manual
entries must be submitted on the PVS master entry sheet. Also
submit a completed "entry cover sheet". Signature and
phone number of a club official must be included with entry for
validation of entries.

There
will be a $1.00 surcharge per athlete for manual entries of 10 or more.

The Meet
Director will provide a lane timing card when the athlete checks in to swim.

NO LATE OR
DECK ENTRIES ARE PERMITTED FOR DISTANCE MEETS.Please
review the instructions in the "Qualifying Time"
section before submitting your entries.

Entry Deadline:

Entries
must be received by the Meet Director no later than:

5:00 p.m., Tuesday,
June 9, 2009.

Important: The above date is the
deadline for clubs to submit their entries to the Meet Director. Therefore,
clubs usually set an earlier deadline to receive entries from their swimmers.
Check with your club for this information.